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A town of 103 in Marne, Grand Est.

Is Ponthion a good place to live?

Ponthion is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Église Saint-Symphorien
Église Saint-Symphorien · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ponthion’s story

Ponthion in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ponthion: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1924.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1924First protected: Église Saint-Symphorien
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ponthion.

Who lives here

Ponthion has fewer young adults than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 3.9% are 15 to 24

In the comparison, Ponthion comes below both Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 26% of residents are 65 or over.

53median age
PonthionMarne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP42%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

42% women, 58% men

About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ponthion
PonthionMarne medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–243.9%11%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+26%25%22%
No diploma23%24%19%
CAP or BEP42%28%26%
Baccalauréat12%18%18%
Higher education19%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Ponthion: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Marne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

For Ponthion, that is above both Marne’s towns (4.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ponthion: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Ponthion is Église Saint-Symphorien.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1924
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Ponthion has lower unemployment than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 2.2%

Ponthion sits below both Marne’s towns (10.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Ponthion has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Ponthion, 0.2 per working resident
2.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ponthion than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.67/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

That puts Ponthion below both Marne’s towns (€10.89/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.67/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ponthion€8.67/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Marne median€10.89/m²
€8.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.10 to €10.59/m² a month)
€6.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ponthion

12pages on Ponthion

Landmarks

Ponthion has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Symphorien: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Ponthion

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ponthion yet.

How we find them →

Ponthion’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Marne →
Vitry-le-FrançoisSaint-DizierAncervilleVitry-le-FrançoisSaint-DizierAncervillePonthion
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ponthion103—————
Vitry-le-François10,9966.1CADC
Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne22,85814C−B+C−C−
Ancerville Meuse2,56917—A+—D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Ponthion

Commune in Marne, Grand Est

Ponthion is a commune of 103 people in the Communauté de communes Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
103 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.2 km²)
INSEE code
51441

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.